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Patented Apr. 22, |902.

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` AUGUST REINLn'oF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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' SPECIFICATION .formingr part of Lett-ers Patent No. 698,320,7dated April 22 1902. v Application l ed December 2, 1901. Serial N.'84,38f1. (No model.)

certainhew andniseful Improvements in Show-Cases, of'which thevfollowing is a speci' `.fication. y'

1 Myinvention is an improvement in showcases, and has for an 'objeetto provide a novel constructionfor unitingthe adjoining plates of the so-called jalllglass show-cases; and

the invention consists-incertain novel constructions andconlbinations of.parts,as willv be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View` of a show-case provided with my irn- Fig. 2 is adetailvertical sec- Fig. 3 is a detail perspective viewlillnstrating the several parts of the fastening devices, andFig. 4 rep-V j resents the fastening devices applied to two plates having a Initer-joint.

In constructing cases of the forinshown'in Figs. l and 2 the angle betweentheplate A- and the plate B, whichl overlaps the plateA,

,as shown at B, varies` in different cases. 'I

find it desirable in making the connecting'- bra'cketC to provide the main plate C' at onev end with a threaded stud C2, which is hinged at C3 tothe end of thevplate C, the opposite stud D being also preferably hinged at D to l the other endbf the plate C',so'the bracket can be reversed end for end and either of `its end studs be set at anyangle desired toI the main plate C', according tothe angle between the plates A and B. The plate C is malleable, being preferably made .of brassland nickel-plated, so vit can be conveniently bent: t0 any angle desiredsuch, for instance,las shown in Fig. 4, wherein the plate C is bent at C4 to coincide with the angle between the platesotandb. t f

In the applicationl of a'connecting-bracket as shown in Fig. 2 the plates A and Br are provided at A2 and B2 with openingsto receive the fastening-nuts E and F, and the studs D and Cextend within the openings A2 Vand B2 and receive the said nuts E and F, as

shown, felt or other'snitable lining G beingprovided between the contacting portions of v the pl'atesA and B and rubber or other suitable bushings H being supplied surrounding l I the nnts E and F, as `shown in Fig. 2. The .Y Beit known that I, AUGUST Rn1NLE,a citl' 'zenof the United States', residing at Balti-v lmore,lin the State ofMaryland, lhave madeL or the said nuts maybe turned in any Aother 'way desired'. By theldescribed 'construction of conneeting-bracket-I am. able,` to yconnect l l able anglean'dto bring the studs'D and 'C2 the plates t and b mitered togetheryalso, by

pivoting and hinging both studs D and@2 ,to`r

the plate C",'as is," preferred', -the'bracketfr can bev usedendfor end, `as yinay-bev desired.

As shown nin Fig. 3, the hinged knuckles onf l y n' the plate C are arranged enti-rely in advance j? l l "plate C cannest i'latfthroughout itsglength, i vagainst the surface "of `the-plate l`asshownk 7 of the outer surface of .the ,said plate, sd'the in Fig. 2.

` lt `will be'understood 4that inyinventionis' 1- f usefull in show cases andy 'show -xwindowws,uy which latter may be regarded., as, show-casesyk and areintended to be included in theterm show-case as employednrin thisfspejciicag tion and the 'appendedclaimsi o e Itfwill be noticed from Fig. v2fthat the fas' tening devicetmay b e applied to 'secure two y plates offglassregardlessof the angle of such 'f plates `to each other. and with thethreaded'f 'i ffii stud C2 at a right angleto'theplane of4 the'r Q `plate B, which it penetratesy This is important, aslI am able 'thereby todrill the holes v f thus described my inventiomwhat toy extend in alinexnent wit'hthef hole `in the in the glass yat a right' angle to the plane of*` I claim as new, anddesireto'secureby Letters Patent', is-

l. The vcombination ma show-case, yof the 'adjoiningplates, onelof'w'hich isarranged to overlap the other at au'angle, said plates being provided with openings for the studsandl fastening-nuts, the connecting-bracket cornposed of the mainplate and the threaded.

studs hinged to the main plate atthe opposite ends of the latter,vthe hinge-lnfnckles on the main plate being arranged entirely in ad- Vance of the outer surface of the main plate,

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whereby the latter may rest flat throughout l its length against the surface of the glass and the nuts turned on the said studs Within the openings in the glass plates, substantially as set forth.

2. A fastening or connecting bracket for show-eases comprising the main plate, the threaded stud at one end of the main plate, and the threaded stud hinged to the main plate at the opposite end of the latter, Whereby it may be turned into alineinent with or at any desired angle to the main plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In ashoW-ease the improved fastening or connecting bracket for uniting the adjoining plates of the case consisting of the main plate, and the threaded studs hinged at one end to the main plate at the opposite ends of the latter, whereby they may be turned into alinement With or at any desired angle to the main plate, substantially as set forth.

4. A fastening device for glass plates 00mprising a plate and a stud hinged thereto at the end of said plate whereby the fastening can be applied to connect two plates of glass at any desired angle to each other with the stud extending at a right angle to the plane of the glass plate it penetrates, substantially as set forth.

5. A fastening or connecting bracket for show-cases, comprising the main plate, and a threaded section hinged at one end to the main plate at one end of the latter, whereby the said threaded section may be adjusted into alineinent with or at an angle to the main plate, substantially as set forth.

AUGUST REINLE.

\Vit messes:

SoLoN C. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

